IF ONLY I MINDED MY BUSINESS

Minding your business is a virtue that people refuse to have and once you don't have it

The problems that you would walk into would be countless and at times can be accompanied with pain.

If I had known earlier I would have just walked away and I would be safe

I refused to mind my business and where it landed me has left permanent memories that I know I won't forget easily.

My "busy body" attitude won't let me focus on what I was doing.

I had these crazy set of neighbors

They had all sort of attributes

Ranging from supreme noisemakers to midnight wrestlers and always engaged in heated arguments.

Their home was more like a tourist attraction because it was spacious, well designed and was always full of action.

The distance between my residence and theirs is quite long but the action going on in their home can be felt from any end of our street.

They were more like a vibe but very disturbing in nature.

Everyone wants to rush into marriage these days without thinking of the consequences.

You like some one's style of eating and then you fall in love, you like the way someone walks and you fall in love, you purposely refused to study the person’s character and before we know it, you're married.

I blame the man the most though and I will continue to blame him till the end of time.

Because of this newly wedded couple, I am beginning to picture marriage as a War field. I saw marriage as an avenue for straightforward stress and unending trouble.

It reached a point that I didn’t need my alarm clock any more when I want to wake up for school. Their early morning screams would wake me and keep me woke till I actually leave home.

A lot of people have been complaining but the issue here is they weren’t renting an apartment if not they would have been evicted from the very first day.

Where they were living was their own house, their own land, their own balcony, their own everything. So the only thing that could be done was to just grumble whenever they were at loggerheads.

The lady was so beautiful and had an amazing shape, she had a great dressing sense and always blew people’s mind with her utmost elegance. But she was a type that didn’t like stress, unnecessary questions and unusual bothering at any time.

Any time I passed by her gate and I had the opportunity to see her, the way she always greeted me warmly always left me blushing.

I would ask myself at times if I was actually liking someone’s wife but I didn’t care, she was too perfect a lady. God truly made a supreme creation.

I already assumed the husband was the villain here because she was way too peaceful for my liking.

The husband on the other side was a bit handsome but quite rich and influential. He dealt in anything online he could put his hands on.

He is a very busy type, he can be at home for a full day but won’t remain in one position. A social media freak, either searching for prosperous clients or making deals or bringing some superb ideas.

He had the money enough. When I looked and examined both of them, I wonder why the marriage is so twitchy and full of fights and arguments that won’t let me rest.

Both the male and the female were faulty in this relationship and that’s why their marriage was at a halt. It reached a point that my Dad of all people went to give them a piece of advice. But you should know the behavior of people that are in their late twenties. “So nonchalant in nature”, they just stared at him till he was done talking and after that they apologized to each other.

My Dad came home quickly and was already bluffing of his great achievement, he even went as far as mentioning “previous marriage beasts” that he had tamed down conveniently without stress.

Evening came quickly and there was no noise coming from their house.

Could it be that my Dad had solved it?

It wasn’t my concern so I kept it aside?

Midnight came and everywhere was dead silent until morning. Everyone woke up and noticed a change, the street had took its normal form!!

There was so much peace. I went to check things for myself, who knows if the man had beaten the wife to a coma or the wife had successfully laid him down with some dose of poison.

I couldn’t enter like that so I took a peak through their window and I still didn’t see anything. I left to school and returned to hear that they had traveled. No wonder there was silence so I let it go.

Now to the main trouble that I entered for not minding my business.

The dream couple returned after a long week and all seemed to be alright until one very fateful day.

I was returning from school that day and I was trekking in other to save some money so I could buy data later on.

I had my earpiece plugged into my ears while I danced slowly on the untarred road, and was heading home.

I was about crossing the couple’s gate until I saw some random movements from their window, if I just continued my journey and passed, that would have been better.

But I wanted to be the “Good Samaritan” so I took off my earpiece to understand what was happening, then I heard sounds of objects shattering inside the house.

The gate was open wide and I entered inside. I went in with the intention of stopping the fight and saving his wife.

She must be undergoing serious beatings I thought. So I increased my pace and hurried to where the sounds were coming from. I got into their bedroom and things were not how I imagined.

The wife was the one attacking the husband while he was hiding. The shock of them seeing me made them stop and began to ponder how and why I got into their house.

The husband spoke first and asked me what I was doing inside. Then I quickly replied with much charisma and confidence.

I said, “Sir I was passing by and I heard noises so I wanted finding out with is wrong” and I ended the sentence with a smile on my face.

He then tried to cover up by telling me to go home, that they were playing and having some private time and….…………..

Before he could finish his statement, his wife yelled “You want him to go right, you don’t want him knowing the kind of stupid man that you are”

He replied “It’s your parents that are stupid”

She flared up with so much anger and answered him immediately “At least, they have a straighter destiny than you will ever have”

I was in the middle of a serious argument and I still wanted to bring peace. I told her to calm down and that everything will be resolved.

Her husband said “Prostitute better calm down”.

The statement brought out the inner demon in her and she sent her bad flying towards his direction which he dodged.

She ran and climbed him while trying to punch his face, I went to hold her back from doing harm, as I held her, and the husband retaliated with a quick punch that got me instead of her.

It got my jaw properly and left me bleeding whilst in pains. They were in the heat of battle and did not notice my predicament.

It did not end there though.

The wife continued to ignite the fight by saying “Incompetent man, kill me now!!” repeatedly, leaving the husband in more rage and he really wanted to show her that he is the boss.

While I was trying to recover, I felt something land on my back. I have no idea on what hit me and how it got there but I fainted straight away.

I woke up in a hospital with my Mum by my side, it was like a virtual reality and I was more than shocked. I was in serious pains and was bleeding from several places.

I didn’t know what to say at the moment so I remain very silent while my Mom stared at me in disappointment.

The husband then walked into the ward and was happy that I was alive. He explained that their fridge hit me on my back amongst other items like glasses, bottle openers and others.

Then my Dad came stormed in and begin to talk, I thought he would support me and be angry for what the couple caused but he did the exact opposite.

He blamed me for so many things that left me perplexed and shocked to the core.

He blamed me first for not minding my business.

Then for me returning late

Then for me entering into someone’s residence unauthorized.

He even blamed me for trekking and went as far as to reducing my transport so I will be compelled to use transport except he wants to drop me which hardly happens.

I missed lectures for close to a week and I skipped a lot of assignments. Due to my character, no single lecturer or staff believed my tale and put me through a lot of frustration.

As for the couple, the only thing I do is greet them and pray for them because they needed a lot more than help.

They were childish, immature and incompatible. It took time to fully recover and I was happy that it didn't leave me confined to a wheel chair.

I promised to only focused on things that concerned me and me only.